Magazine-gun.



Nq. 781,765. 0 v

MAGAZINE GUN. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1903 4 SHEETSSHEBT 1.

No. 781,765 PATENTBD FEB. 7, 1905.

'J. M. BROWNING.

MAGAZINE GUN,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10,1903.'

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Whlmwaaa 51mm 414%. KM.

No. 781,765. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

" J. M. BROWNING.

MAGAZINE GUN. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1903.

No. 781,765. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

J. M. BROWNING.

MAGAZINE GUN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1903.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

UNITED ST Patented February 7, 19 05.

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JOHN M. BROWNING, or OGDENQUTA Q MAGAZINE- um srncrrrcarriouromm part t: Letters Patent'hio. 781,765,- dated February '7, 1905. Application filed July 10, 1908. .Serial No. -165, O2Q;- .f I

To tZZ tvhom'it may concern! Be it known that I, JOHNv BROWNING, a citizen of theUnited States; residing at Ogden,

in the county of VVeb'e'r and" State of Utah,

The object of the invention is to improve I the construction ofguns, especialiy in the strengthening of the barrel,'-magazine,-and stock-connection, so that the; recoil may not weaken the joint or cause the'breech-operating mechanism to work abnormally; also, to

improve the connections 'by which. the handle which reciprocates on the barrel is made toopen and close the breech; also, to improve the safety mechanisman d to place the control of the firing devices largely with an automatic mechanism actuated by the recoil or shock of firing.

The invention consists in certain constructions and combinations of mechanisms, substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed. Figure 1 IS a broken long tudinal section of the loading and firing mechanism of the gun,

the stock and some other parts being omitted, the breech being closed. Fig. 2 is a longitu dinal section of the breech'me'chanism, the

breech being'open and parts omitted for clearness. coupling-piece between barrel and frame, showing the barrel and magazine partly broken away. Fig. 4 is an end view of said coupling-piece and immediate connections.

Fig. 5 is a detail end view of cartridge-stop.

Fig. 6 is a broken inside viewof the left-hand side of the receiver or frame, showing the bolt-operating slide locked in forward position. Fig. 7- is a broken cross-section. of the.

frame on the line '7 7, Fig. .6, showing the safety sear lock and immediate connections. Fig. 8 is an edge view, and Figs. 9 and 10 side elevations, of a safety-sear lock. Fig. llis a bottom plan of the operating-slide. Fig. 12 is a side View thereof. Fig. 13 is aside view of the slide with the handle or draw bar engaging the same. Fig. 14 is a similar View with the handle-bar partly disengaged. Fig. 15'is a side elevation'of the breech-bolt detion without firing the gun. feeds cartridges back to acarrierin' the re-' ceiver, which carrier hits a cartridge to the Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bI'GBCh7bOlt'. Fig. l8 -is an elevation of the breech-bolt lock. 'Fig. 19 is an elevation of the firing-pin. of the trigger-plate, showing' the safety-sear, spring, and hammer. Fig.2l isa plan of the double or-split'spring for the safety-sear and tr gger; Fig. 22, atop planof thesafety-searl Fig. 23 is a broken inside viewo'f the right' side of the frame, showing the'carrier and spring and cartridge feedvstop Fig. 24 isa plan of the carrier detached. Fig.- 251s an elevation of the cartridge feed stop." vFig. 26

is a front end view of the frame or receiver with the cartridge-stop. Fig. 27 is a' brokenside elevation of the carrier, showing thepro tached. Fig. lG isaJongitudinaI section of the breech-bolt. *Fig. .17 isa top plan of thev Fig. 20'is a broken elevation jection 43. Figs. 28 and 29 are viewsof the.

carrier-pawldetached; Fig. 30v isa broken side view of the gun; Fig. 31, a plan'of the slide, sear-lock, and inertia-piece. I

The gun is of that class which is'operated to open and close the breech'by a handle slid 111g on themagazme, Wl'llCll' magazine is'un der the barrel. The handle, having connections to the bolt-operating=mechanism, is locked in closed position by an inertia-piece Which releases the bolt mechanism under theimpulse of, recoil when the gun is tired. Mechanism'is provided by which the bolt-operatingmechanisrn can be released by manipulaline of the barrel. The breech-bolt acts in the usual manner to impel a cartridge from the carrier into the barrel and .by its adjuncts to withdraw the shell from' the barrel and eject .it through the side of the frame. I

The numeral 1 indicates the frame or re ceiver, which is closed on top and at the rear of the barrel and is open at'the bottom. The

bottom opening in the frame is in part closed terlocking with grooves and ribs 5 in the' frame when the parts are coupled. The bar- The magazine rel, however, does-not enter into thecoupling piece from the front so far as the frame extends forward, and the coupling-piece 3 contains the rear end of the cartridge chamber. The couplingpiece-'3 is therefore of full thickness and strength between the frame and the barrel, and where it weakened at the '5 rear 'by the ribs and grooves it is not so ring-nut has a projection 11, (preferably at 1 Then by rotating the magazine-tubefi the coupling-piece 3, which keeps the magazine 'bolt 15 has a solid front except a passage for the left-hand side of, the frame.

each side.) which projection is in line with a corresponding recess 12 in the coupling-piece i 3. To lock the barrel, magazine, and coupl lingpiece to the frame, the tongues and grooves 1L 5 of the frame and coupling-piece are slipped together, as is usual, the ring-nut i being then in the position shown in ring-nut is screwed backward. The projec- 5 tion 11 on said nut enters the recess 12 in the frame'and precludes the separation of the sl i pjoint until the ring-nut is again moved forward. One end of the magazine rotates easily on the plug 7 and the other end turnsin the from moving backward or forward. The ring-nut is internally threaded, and as it cannot rotate it is screwed backward or forward by turning the magazine. The slip-joint can 1 be operated to break the gun in two when the l ring-nut 10 is out of engagement with the 1 coupling-piece. The draw-bar 36 then unhooks from its connection with the operatingslide 23, as will be explained.

The breech-bolt 15 reciprocates longitudinally 1n the frame, as in many bolt-guns. The

the tiring-pin 16. The rear part of the bolt. has a vertical mortise 1T1 therein and a curved 5 guideway 18 at each side of said mortise. A curved bolt-lock 19 is guided in this curved guideway by curved guides :20 moving in the said curved guideways.

The bolt-lock 19 has a finger 21, which enters a mortise 22 in'the operating-s1ide 23, Figs. 1 and 2. The mortise in the slide 23 is long enough to permit an independent movementor lost motion between the slide and bolt-lock. V

A downward projection 2% on the bolt-lock 19 swings down into the mortise or recess 2.3 in the slide when the backward movement of the slide 23 causes the bolt-lock 19 to move backward and downward in its curved ways 18, thus releasing the bolt-lock from the mortise 27- in the top of the frame. (See Fig. 2.)

1 hen the slide. 23 moves forward to close the bolt, the front upper end of the bolt-lock rides under the frame until it comes to the opening 27, at which time the bolt is closed. Then the loekl moves on its curved guide or slideways 18. The upper end closing'into the mortise 27am] theslide 23' closing under the projection 24 of the bolt-lock effectually holds thebolt-locii into its engagement with the frame until the slide is moved back, when a reverse operation takes place. The bolt carries an extractor-hook 28 and an ejector-hook 29, which operate to withdraw and eject the cartridge-shell in usual manner.

ing 33 in the bolt-lock 19, Fig. 1 and dotted lines, Fig. 18. The firing-pin has an inclined shoulder 30, which comes directly in rear of a shoulder 31 on the bolt-loQk'when said boltlock is closed. of the bolt-lock moves back the firing-pin and causes it to remain back except when the bolt is closed and locked.

The operating-slide near its forward end a notch 34, with which a hook of handle-bar 36 engages to reeiprocate the said slide by m'ovementof the handle 37 in the usual manner. Both the slide 5 and the bolt may be held so as to move in direct line by means of ribs or grooves in the frame in the usual manner. The handle-bar 36 moves in the groove 39 in-theside' of the frame. 1 a

The groove or recess 39 is wider than the handle-bar 36 by so much as the length of the hook 35. hen the gun is coupled, the handle-bar is inthev upper part ofthe groove or recess 39. In uncoupling, afterthe ringnut is moved forwardthe tirstmovementis'to push the barrel'and coupling-piece down until the lnindle-bar strikes the bottom of the groove 39, when the handle bar is unhooked from the slide i23,' 'and the handle-bar is then moved forward. out of the groove 39, when the uncoupling may be completed.

'lheliring-pin- 16 passes through an open-' The first backward movement has in its left side- .TCO

The -ar.rier it) is supported on pivot 41 at I The carrier extends-forward from its pivot, and when down it fills the opening in the bottom of the frame or receiver in front of the triggerplate. The carricrit may be swung upward v on its pivot i1, becoming thus a loading-trap under which car ridges may be entered into the magazine.

The carrier-spring 4c2in the frame bears on'the tip of the polygonal lug- 43 of the carrier, as to throw the carrier down whenever the carrier is lifted, except it be lifted so far as to throwthe pressure of the spring lei-at the reverse side of the pivot,

when the spring will operate to hold or lift the carrier up. (This is similar to theoperation of the spring in opening or-elosing the blade of a pocket-knife.) The position of the slide 23 will prevent the earrier from being held upward except when the-breech is open,

- iufpper en'd'of thfe spring-dog 45whenthe slide movement, releasing the-springdog 45 from at which time the magazine may be filled bv I passing cartridges-under thecarrier. .The

carrier is raised to lift a cartridge for loadmg by the engagementof the operating-slide of completion of the backward-movement of 'saidslide'; The dog is pressed by the spring 46 in the carrier into contact with the slide 23 when the slide is back. The forward moveme'nt'of the "slide 23 turns the dog ontits pivotiand' starts the carrier and cartridge upward. l The upward movement is continued by thespring' 42 as-soon as this spring finds its bearingtor.

lift and'not depress the carrier.

Thenotch 44 in the slide 43 engages the 23 is near its'r'ear position. The slide 23 rides" over the end of' the dog 45 in its forward the notch 44, when the dogswings back under impulse of the spring 46.

the side of the frame. The forward move ment of the slide 23 by engaging the arm-'49 moves the front end of the cartridge-stop down when the end of the stud 52 enters the recess 51 in the cartridge-stop, which releases the cartridge in the magazine and .allowsit to follow the slide backward as. the breechis' opened. ,When the slide has aboutcom'pleted. its backward movement, it engages the arm 1 50, which moves the rear end of the cartridge- 45 and stops the cartridge following in themagastop down and the front end up'. This. moves the recess 51 away from the'stud-52, which moves the front of the cartridge-stop inward z1ne.

The hammer 55, trigger 56, and safety-sear i 57 are all pivoted to the trigger-plate 58, (the.

trigger 56 and sear 57 on the same pivot, )fand the trigger-plate is held'in the frame by any usual means for securing the same in place, as by a screw 59 passing through the frame.

The spring 60 is split at its forward end, one

side or leaf bearing 'on the safety-sear 57 to engage said searwith the hammer. (See Fig. '20..) The safety-sear is shown at "the left side of the trigger, and its function is to hold the hammer in cocked position, even though the trigger be pulled, unless the breech is practically closed. The safety-sear also prevents the breech from being opened by a backward g I v n otch,77, so-that its further movement by the pull on.the handle and operating slide,,ex cept at the time of the recoil of the gun (unless usual construction may beemployed I Fromthe-foregoing description it is be-v freed by other. manipulations, .as' will be ex plained.)-

v The-cartridge-stop 48 is pivoted in the framewith its forward op has an arm 50 with a recess 51, which is engaged bythe stud 52 in A n otch 62 in the safety sear engages astud 63, pro ecting from the side of thehammer, when the parts are in the position of Fig. 20.:

s The hammer is fm'ced back into its-cocked 23 with a spring-pressed- "dog 45,,- pi voted 'to. the carrier. This happens'at abou'tthe' time position *by the backward movement of the .slide 23.; The rear end of the slide has a downwardly-plQleCting arm" and a notch-63 in this arm. NVhen the slide 23 moves'forward to close the breech, the-downwardly.-

"projecting-arm strikes, safety-sear57 just as the breech is" closing. Thisdepresses the,

- The notch 63 in slide 23 is engaged by thenose 67 of the safetysear when the'slide is 'forward,and the slideis ws'afety} sear and releases the hammer from this'sear; but the hammer is still held cocked by engagement with the trigger 56 unless this trigger pulled" 'or held; back, in which case the hammer will strikeaor'ward under impulse :of the mainspring. 66.

held thereby} A'baokward'pull on the handle 5 at the instant of-firing'moves. the slide23 back in the frame, carrying back the'bolt and firingrpin and efie'ctuating the other operations hereinbefore explained; The completion of s the" backward movement of the slide cooks the hammer, and the trigger and safety-sear 'lhesafety-sear lock and inertia-piece is a engage th'erewith'lto hold the hammer cocked.

slidingpiece 70 arranged to move horizovntally in' the left side of the frame beside the I .safety sear. Their-ear end of safetye sear iloek 70- h'as a. sidewise movement, as will be explained.- The sear-lock-70 has a cam 71 at its right side and front end, and this c'am 7 engages a'pinor. projection 72 on-the safety-f sear 57- and holds theLfi-ont end of the safetysear'do'wn, so that the operatin -Slide 23-can be' re'ciprocated when the sear lock 70 is y moved forward. *Aslot is out throughthe frame, and 'afstud174 on the-safety-sear lock Projects; through v 't'h is slot, so that the se'ari lock 70 maybe*manipulated'to'hold the sear. and release'the operating-slide; Y The rear end' of the sear-lock70 has an upwardly-project ing arm 75, with which the operating-slide 23 engages at ithejextreme of its rearward movementto slidelthe' sear-lockbackward and releasejthesafety=seartherefrom.; A friction,-

spring 76 holds the safety sear-lock against aecidentaldisplacement; but the sear-lock'70 moves relativelyiforwardy under the impulse-*- of-recoil. To-prevent a rebound .ofthe sear- I look, a notch 77 is Icu'tiinj' theinner wall ofth e side of the sear-iee'kadjacentthereto; As the the shoulder-78 on the sear-lockv will be pressed framevamil ashpulder..78 is, f0rnied on the into the notch 771as the seat-lock slides, thus holding the sear-lock. An incline 80 on the operating-slide 23 presses the front end of the sear-lock 70'inward and disengages it from its operating-slide is easy. A trigger-lock 82 of- I spring 7 6 bears'theseardock against'the frame lieved the construction and operation of this ,"gun may be understood by persons skilled in this art.,- I The handlej is only partly shown in in this art,

byone-hand and the gun-stock by the other thed-rawinlgs; but such handles-are well known- The gunner 'grasps' this handle hand in aiming 'andffirin'gz- The filling of the magazine has been explained. The'magazine has the ugualjcartrid'gefollower, as 83, pressed backjbya' spring 84.- )To loadthe gun, the Qeat lOcK-TO is slid. forward by means of the 1 button or projection 7;, thus pressing down the frontfend of the safety-sear. 57, and releasing the oprating sli'de 23, A- backward pulln the, handleno'w' causes the mechanism to openth'e f-breech'andlift the front end .of the eartridge stop, shutting ofi the cartridges in th'euif inc; ."A forward'movement of the e clo ses the bolt, the cartridge movingbeforeL-it, and thro'ws. down the carrier. The hajmmer having been cocked by the backward 'm'ovementof the 'ope'rating-slide is held cocliedlby the trigger and bythe safety-sear.

- The, forwardn' ovementof the'slide causes the hafety-sear to] engage and hold said slide, the- ;safetysearbeijngj released fromthe hammer by thefinalengagementof said sear with the operating-slide. ,Apnll of the trigger may nowfire, the-gun, and-the recoil causes the safety-sear lockito {fly forward or to remain at'rest when the gun moves backward) and 'hold,the;,sear until the slidein its rearward movement, pushes ,back the safety-sear, lock,

whichallbwsfthe" sear to -engage the slide in '-;'its-n,e xt forward movement. j

,Thel barrel, m tga'zine, and coupling-piece, with thei r' immediate connections, constitute theffront part of the gun,zand the frame, op.- erating mechanism, and stock constitute the rear part, which-parts can be disconnected, as

, is-common in-shotgunsand as has been ex- 1 chamberfor part of the length of the chamber.

- 2 In a' magazine-gun, the combination of a barrel, a coupling-piece screwed" thereto and. having ribs and grooves at its rear end, and a front notch, the frame having ribs and grooves at its front end, a magazine-tube turning-in the coupling-piece, and a nut on the magazine having a projection at its rear to enter the front notch of the frame.

3. The frame having a notch and internal ribs and grooves at its front end, the coup- V-ling-piece having external ribs and grooves at 5 its rear end, and a movable nut carried by,the-

cdiu i iling piece and having a rojection to en ter the notch in the frame to Oak the ribs and grooves when engaged, all combined. Q

In a magazineegnn, the barrel and'maga-v H zine connected togethrin the front section, the lframeconnected tosaid front section bya slip-joint, the operating-handlesli'ding onthe magazine and having a draw-rod, the ,operating-slide moving in-the frame, and-a hooked;

connection "between said slide and draw-rod. L

5. In a magazine-gun, the front section car-J rying the operating-handle, combined with the rear section carrying the breech-operating and loading mechanism, and detachable'joints which connect the sections and theoperating 30 parts.

6; sisting essentially ofthe barrel, magazine, and coupling-piece, and the rear section-consisting-essentially of the stock,'flfranie, and 5 mechanism for loading and fii'ing, and a slipoint consisting of interlockingribs for the barrel and frame, and interlocking hooks for V, the handle and working-parts, all combined.

7. In -a gun, the combination with the frame 9 .of a longitudinally-redprocatingbolt, a boltlock moving-in curved waysin said bolt and engaging a' mortise in thetop of the frame, and a reciprocating slide engaging said bolt lock to move the same in its curved path.

8. In agun, the combination with the frame, longitudinally-reciprocating bolt, the bolt-' lock moving in curved ways in said bolt and havingaprojection therefrom, of a longitudif nally-reciprocating slide having a mortise-into I06 whichtheprojectionon thebolt-lock extends. 9; In a gun, the frame, the longitudinally;

reciprocating bolt, the bolt-lock moving -in curved ways generally transverse to said bolt,

the. operating-slide I having a mortise. into 5 which a projection on the bolt-lock-extends,

and the firing-pin having a. shoulder with which the bolt-lock engages at its initial open: I ing movement to retract the same, all com-v, bined.

10. In a gun, the frame, longitudinallymoving breech-bolt, locking-block moving on curved ways in the bolt, a projection on said bolt engaging the locking-block. and permit ting a lost motion, and a shoulder on the lock- I 15 ing-block' engaged by said slide to securethe look when the slide is at its extreme forward position. I I

11. The combination with the reciprocating slide, bolt, and bolt-lock, of the s'afety sear 1,2; engaged by said slide in its forward position. 12. The combination with a'reciprocating bolt, bolt-lock, and reciprocating slide, of the safety-sear, the hammer engaged by said sear,

when cocked and the sear free-'forsuch e'n I25 gagement, and the slide engaging said sear to free it from the hammer.

'13. The combination of the reciprocating bolt, bolt-lock, and reciprocating slide, of the hammer, the safety-sear having a projection 3 In amagazine-gun, the frontsection conf in line withseid hamrher when cocliedg'eh'd the slide having a notch engaging" said sear to Ereeithe hammer.

' 14. The comliihation withithefham mer and safety-sear, of a'sliding sear-lock wherebythe sear, is controlled; 7

1-5.---The combination with the reciproceti ng slide and 1 its operative connections, of the. safety-sear-engeg-ing said slide, and the'seer f lock controlling su'ch engagement.

16. The combination with he operating slide, safety-searengaging said slide and sear:

"lock, of means whereby the sear-lock may be' engaged vwith or disengaged; from said Safety- 1 sear 1'7. In a magazine-gun and in or nbin'ation,

a barrel-section and a breech section and transverse ribs andgrooves by which such sections may be coupled, an foperatlngeslide 1n the breech section; and a handle-bar fmaking hooked ehgagemept therewith, said. breecli 56mm grooved to perinit sidemore hent of the handlebar,

18. Ina 'nagaz ne-gun, cbrhhifiiition of grooved breechsectio z'i and fa; -loa'rrelsection Q 5 connected by transverse'ribs and grooves ahd "a longitudinally-slidinghq dle bargresti'ng in the'groov'e in; the hre'e'ohseotion' tojljihiit trans;

magazine, irieans for swinging said stop on' its pivot; and inclines oh the frame and stop whereby the latter is -g'ive1i aside-wiseas wel.l 35- as a swihgi g movementtostop the magazine. Intes'tirhonywhereoflafiix my sighaturefln 'presen'ce ofitwo 'witnessesf. I some MBROWNINQ v Witnesses; X

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